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Posted on August 21, 2012 by Kempite
Future First Lady Anne Romney
On Monday, the Republican National Committee released the official schedule for the first day of the Republican National Convention which will kickoff on Monday, August 27th, at the Tampa Bay Times Forum, in Tampa Bay, Florida (see the itinerary below this post). The schedule includes more than 34 speakers that span both the afternoon and evening sessions, but the most coveted speaking slot that closes out the first night of the convention will go to Mitt Romney's wife Anne.Leading up to the future First Lady will be a host of high profile stars, rising stars, and even a former Democrat, Congressman Artur Davis.
Before running for the Democrat nomination for Governor of Alabama in 2009, Davis represented Alabama's 7th Congressional District from 2007 to 2011, and was one of President Obama's earliest supporters. In fact he was the first politician outside of Illinois to endorse Obama's run for President.
Three years later, Davis, an African-American, is now a Republican and probably one of the best examples of the current popular sentiments of disappointment that most Americans have with President Obama, a point that will dovetail quite well with the the theme for the first night of the G.O.P. convention……"We Can Do Better".
Also speaking on Monday night will be conservative stars such as Kentucky Senator Rand Paul, South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley, T.E.A. movement sweetheart, Texas Republican U.S. Senate nominee Ted Cruz, and the ever popular former Governor of Arkansas and 2008 candidate for the Republican presidential nomination, Mike Huckabee.
Interspersed within that list of high profile leaders are other powerful but less known speakers such as Barbara Comstock and Washington Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers.
Luce' Vela Fortuno
Perhaps one of the most intriguing orators scheduled for Monday though is Luce' Vela Fortuno, the First Lady of Puerto Rico. In what seems to be a decision to have Luce' Fortuno introduce Anne Romney, the G.O.P. is obviously trying to appeal to Hispanics and specificall Hispanic women.
The Party could have easily had a more widely known and politically established female Republican figure such as Condoleezza Rice introduce Anne Romney to the American people. Instead they chose to go with the lesser know First Lady of Puerto Rico, whose husband, Luis Fortuno, will be making a prime time speech to the convention in one of the two nights following Luce's prime time remarks. But the decision to go with Luce Fortuno is a good one. As most of us know by now, first impressions are lasting impressions, and by having Luce Fortuno introduce Anne Romney, many Hispanic Americans men and women alike will be left with a first impression of Anne Romney that at least has a positive subliminal connection to one of their own, A Hispanic woman who is a leading figure in Puerto Rico. `
While many similar, not so subtle, political strategies will play out throughout the night, expect each one of those who speak to bring home the overriding theme of the evening……. "We Can Do Better". ``
According to R.N.C. Chairman Reince Priebus, "Republicans reject the notion that America's 'new normal' consists of 42 months of deep unemployment and greater debt, Americans know we can do better than joblessness, poverty and debt, and this convention will present our vision for a brighter, better future and it will lay out an optimistic, achievable plan to make it happen." ``
"Probably no four words could better sum up the conclusion that is shared by millions of Americans as they look back on the past four years," said Convention CEO William Harris. "We can do better than this, and the country knows it." ``The convention will host 2,286 delegates and 2,125 alternate delegates from all 50 states, the District of Columbia and five territories. It will also include approximately 15,000 credentialed media—an international press corps second only in size to this summer's London Olympic Games—as well as a global audience that will witness a "convention without walls" thanks to the G.O.P.'s Internet and social media efforts."
Schedule for Monday, August 27, 2012
*As part of its "convention without walls" program to make the convention open and accessible, Republican officials also released today the convention schedule for Monday, August 27 through the convention's mobile app – Tampa 2012 (http://connect.gopconvention2012.com).
Chairman of the RNC Reince Priebus
National Anthem: The Oak Ridge Boys
Opening procedural steps, appointment of convention committees
Welcoming remarks, and House and Senate candidates and RNC auxiliaries
RNC Chairman Priebus
RNC Co-Chairman Sharon Day
Tampa Mayor Bob Buckhorn
Convention Chief Executive Officer William Harris
Chairman of Tampa Bay Host Committee Al Austin
Republican Congressional Candidates
State Delegate Barbara Comstock (VA)
Representative Tim Griffin (AR)
Republican Senate Candidates
Republican National Committee auxiliaries
Consideration of convention committee reports
RNC Chairman Reince Priebus
Committee on Credentials Chairman Mike Duncan
Committee on Permanent Organization Chairwoman Zoraida Fonalledas
Convention Permanent Chairman Speaker John Boehner, Presiding
Official Convention Photograph
Committee on Rules Chairman John Sununu
Committee on Resolutions Chairman Governor Bob McDonnell
Committee on Resolutions Co-Chairman Senator John Hoeven
Committee on Resolutions Co-Chairman Rep. Marsha Blackburn
Roll Call for Nomination of President of the United States
Roll Call for Nomination of Vice President of the United States
7:15 p.m. Recess
7:45 p.m. Reconvene
Remarks by Speaker John Boehner
Remarks by Governor Rick Scott (FL)
Remarks by RNC Chairman Reince Priebus
Remarks by Senator Rand Paul (KY)
Various Speakers
Remarks by Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers (WA)
Remarks by Artur Davis and video
Remarks by Senate Republican Candidate Ted Cruz (TX)
Musical Act
Remarks by Governor Nikki Haley (SC)
Remarks by Mike Huckabee
Remarks by Mrs. Luce' Vela Fortuno
Remarks by Mrs. Ann Romney
Benediction by Sammy Rodriguez and adjournment.
About the 2012 Republican National Convention
The 2012 Republican National Convention will be held at the Tampa Bay Times Forum August 27-30, 2012. Nearly 50,000 visitors are expected to come to the Tampa Bay area for the event, including delegates, alternate delegates, media and other guests. For more information about the 2012 Republican National Convention, become part of the virtual convention at www.ConventionWithoutWalls.com, visit our website www.GOPConvention2012.com and check out our official blog, Conventional Wisdom, at www.gopconvention2012.com/blog/.
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White House 2012's Series "The Herd": Will Cathy McMorris Rodgers Be Romney's Surprise Pick for Vice President?
Posted on June 11, 2012 by Kempite
The Herd is a special White House 2012 series covering the obvious and not so obvious names that Mitt Romney may consider for Vice President. Each day, White House 2012 will introduce you to one of the many Republicans which we believe that will at least be considered for the vice presidency by the now inevitable presidential nominee, Mitt Romney.
In addition to biographical information and a brief assessment of each potential nominee and their chances of being selected by Romney, White House 2012′s coverage also includes each potential nominee's voting records, as well as a listing of their public statements and links to their web sites.
Today White House 2012 offers a look at Washington state Congresswoman Cathy McMorris Rodgers.
Born: Cathy McMorris (1969-05-22) May 22, 1969 (age 43) Salem, Oregon
Spouse(s): Brian Rodgers
Children: Cole McMorris Rodgers (April 2007) Grace (December 2010)
Residence: Spokane, Washington
Alma Mater: Pensacola Chrsitian College, AB 1990, University of Washington, MBA 2002
Occupation: Orchadist
Former Employee, Peachcrest Fruit Basket
Former Legislative Assistant
Political Experience
United States House of Representatives, 2004-present
Representative, Washington State House of Representatives, 1994-2004
Republican Whip Team
United States House of Representatives Former Minority Leader
Cathy McMorris Rodgers is largely unknown outside of her district in eastern Washington state, but among conservative activists, she is a familiar name and appreciated for her conservative leadership.
With a lifetime American Conservative Union rating of 93.80 percent, McMorris Rodgers has a record that could only shore up Mitt Romney among conservatives who remain insecure about his committment to the conservative cause and at the same time, Cathy McMorris Rodgers lacks the type of knee jerk reaction from the left that would automatically lead them to make her the poster child for their hatred.
Now in her 4th term in Congress, McMorris Rodgers is seen as one of Eastern Washington's chief advocates in the House of Representatives and within the G.O.P. she is considered a rising star. Since first being elected to the House in 2004, she has earned the trust of both her constituents and her Capitol Hill colleagues. So much so that her fellow Congress members have twice elected her Vice Chair of the House Republican Conference where she is the only woman and the youngest Member of the elected House Republican Leadership. That position also makes her the highest-ranking Republican woman on Capitol Hill.
Such power has afforded McMorris Rodgers the opportunity to accumulate some substantial clout in Washington D.C., and she has used that clout to become one of her Party's most influential leaders on issues like international bailouts, earmark reform, and the fight against Obamacare, three issues that will happen to play a pivotal role in the 2012 elections, including and most especially the presidential election.
So it is for those reasons alone, that Cathy McMorris Rodgers becomes an obvious addition to Mitt Romney's short list of possible vice presidential running mates. But to make her even more attractive as a potential vice presidential nominee are a mix of her gender, compelling personal life story, and her history of reaching across the aisle to lead bipartisan efforts that introduced such things as beneficial health information technology legislation.
McMorris Rodgers' non-political experience is another important consideration .
She grew up on a family farm, worked at a small business, and later became a wife and mom. To one degree or another, each of these aspects of her life can resonate quite well among several critical segments of the electorate, including those of the Midwest farming communities, women, and those who can appreciate having political leaders that are familiar with the plight of small businesses in America, something that compliments and compensates for Mitt Romney's experience with the more corporate side of business in America.
All things considered, Cathy McMorris Rodgers is an ideal running mate for Mitt Romney.
She is well spoken, strong in character, firm in conviction, confident in her beliefs, and unmistakably compassionate. And while she lacks the lightning rod characteristics of a Sarah Palin which could allow the Obama campaign to make her a useful distraction from the issues , being a woman, her presence on the ticket would add a valuable degree of historic intrigue that it would lack if a Rob Portman or Tim Palwenty were to be selected by Romney to be his Vice President. Yet at the same time Cathy McMorris Rodgers would not overshadow Romney and still bring to the ticket the type of legislative experience and stature that people expect from a Vice President. Of course the left will draw parallels between Cathy McMorris Rodgers and Sarah Palin. But they will do so at great risk.
Like Palin, one of McMorris Rodgers' two children was born with Down syndrome. Like Palin, McMorris Rodgers is a mom, a wife, a conservative and a person of deep religious faith. And if the left wants to use any of these similarities in an attempt to palinize McMorris Rodgers, they better be willing to deal with a backlash from mothers and wives all across the nation because this time their attacks will be seen as nothing but personal and inappropriate.
Can help bridge the existing gap in popularity that exists between Romney and Obama among women and would make the liberal charge of a Republican war against women far more unbelievable than it already is
With a a lifetime American Conservative Union rating of 93.80 percent, McMorris Rodgers will be a choice that satisfies the conservative base that Romney needs to have show up to the polls in record numbers on November 6th
Has history of bipartisanship that can appeal to independent voters
McMorris Rodgers has a record that is quite appropriate for this election regarding her positions on fiscal policies, Obamacare, and government reform
Is experienced in areas of trade, another important issue
Her relatively low profile makes her less a lightning rod for liberal attacks and her addition to the ticket would not invite a litany of distractions during the campaign
Has not yet been intensely scrutinized by a merciless media and national liberal lynch mob
Is relatively unknown outside of Washington state
Does not bring to the ticket any vast popularity that can dramatically change the electoral college vote within a needed state or region
Cathy McMorris Rodgers is not what you can call the perfect running mate for Mitt Romney. The perfect running mate for him is someone who won't overshadow him, can win over a majority of women, and/or Hispanics and independents, lacks any of the baggage that liberals can use to create a distraction from the real issues with but has positive national name ID and could insure that Republicans win Ohio and or Florida.
The problem is that no one is perfect. If there was such a person, they would have been nominated for president by Republicans instead of Mitt Romney. But when it comes to Cathy McMorris Rodgers insofar as picking a running mate for Romney, she comes pretty close to perfect.
McMorris Rodgers is perfectly positioned on the issues important in this election, can help Romney among women, will appeal to independent voters, and in this largely out with the old, in with the new, anti-establishment electorate, McMorris Rodgers is a fresh face that helps generate a sense of fresh start in Washington, D.C.
And although she may not be the favorite son or daughter of a state that deliver a state like Ohio or Florida to the Republican's electoral vote count, her appeal to a wide segment women and independent voters in those could be all Romney needs to win those states and others as well.
All of this makes McMorris Rodgers a bold but safe choice for Mitt Romney and "safe" is one of the things Mitt Romney likes the most. Which is why if Romney does surprise us by picking a running mate whose name has not already been widely discussed, it will be with the name Cathy McMorris Rodgers.
Recent Key Votes
HR 3541 – Prenatal Nondiscrimination Act (PRENDA) of 2012 Legislation (Yea) May 31, 2012
H Amdt 1160 – Project Labor Agreements Amendment (Nay), May 31, 2012
HR 4310 – National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013 Legislation (Yea) May 18, 2012
More Key Votes
Bill Sponsorship & Cosponsorship
Some of McMorris Rodgers's most recently sponsored bills include…
H.R. 5892: Hydropower Regulatory Efficiency Act of 2012
H.R. 5624: Rural Hospital and Provider Equity and 340B Improvement Act of 2012
H.R. 4215: Medicare Pharmacy Transparency and Fair Auditing Act
H.R. 3859: Rural Hospital and Provider Equity Act of 2012
H.R. 3667: Primary Care Workforce Access Improvement Act of 2011
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McMorris Rodgers on the Issues
Foreign Policy Gun Control Budget & Economy Education
Homeland Security Crime Government Reform Civil Rights
War & Peace Drugs Tax Reform Abortion
Free Trade Health Care Social Security Families & Children
Immigration Technology Corporations Welfare & Poverty
Energy & Oil Environment Jobs Principles & Values
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"Making sure that we are reaching new audiences": How publishers are innovating with audio
Audience Engagement Digital Publishing Top Stories
By Faisal Kalim6 months ago
Last modified on August 19th, 2022
TL;DR: Audio is evolving rapidly. Going beyond podcasts, publishers are experimenting with audio articles, live/social audio, flash briefings, and so on. FIPP's Innovation in Media report rounds up the exciting innovations happening in this area with informative case studies and valuable insights.
80% of 246 media leaders from 52 countries say they will be putting more resources into podcasts and digital audio this year, according to Reuters Institute's Journalism, media, and technology trends and predictions 2022 report.
"Growing consumption of digital audio has been a trend for a few years, driven by a combination of smartphones, better headphones, and investment in podcasts from platforms like Spotify, Google, and Amazon," notes Nic Newman, Senior Research Associate, Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism. "But in the last year, we've seen the rapid development of a much wider range of digital formats such as audio articles, flash briefings, and audio messages, along with live formats such as social audio."
The latest edition of FIPP's annual Innovation in Media Report digs deep into how publishers around the world are innovating with the above forms of audio to attract and retain readers, and grow revenue.
Along with the incredible expansion in podcasting all over the world, new innovations in format are proving that audio can address many aspects of the engagement funnel.
Innovation in Media Report 2022/23 World Report, FIPP
"Significant opportunity to capitalize"
While advertising is the main revenue stream for podcasts, there are growing opportunities for direct reader revenues, especially after Apple Podcasts and Spotify revealed their podcast subscription programs.
Publishers like The New York Times, The Guardian, and Slate have been experimenting with subscriber/member-exclusive podcasts. But the vast majority of media companies did not venture into the area because of technological complexities. Now with Apple and Spotify supplying the technology, publishers can easily place podcasts behind paywalls.
The service is chargeable with Apple taking a 30% cut of each first-year subscription and 15% for following years. Additionally, podcasters will be charged $19.99 per year for using the new premium tools. Spotify will not take a revenue sharing fee from publishers for the first two years. Subsequently, podcast producers would be charged a 5% fee to access the subscription tools.
With the technical ability to offer subscription podcasts now significantly enhanced by Apple and Spotify's plans, publishers have a significant opportunity to capitalize. We can expect to see paid podcasts go mainstream across the board as 2022 progresses, either as new initiatives by publishers or integrated into existing plans.
German publisher Die Zeit has paywalled its podcasts on Apple's platform. Listeners can access them for 5.99 € a month. In the US, NPR announced that they would offer an ad free version of their podcasts to paying subscribers via Apple. "We continue to feel very strongly that the content we produced should be freely available," said Joel Sucherman, VP, Audio Platform Strategy, NPR. "We continue to believe in the RSS standard and the open podcast economy. But we feel this is an opportunity for the super fans who really love particular shows to support them at the show level."
"Very effective retention tool"
Converting text articles to audio is another strategy being favored by some publishers – they have realized that the format can play an important role in retaining audiences, according to the report. It's not a new strategy – The Economist launched an audio edition of its weekly magazine in 2007. The current resurgence follows the larger trend of spoken words getting increasingly popular among audiences. The Spoken Word Audio Report from NPR and Edison Research published in November 2021, revealed that spoken word audio listening is up 40% in the past seven years, and 8% YoY.
Our evidence suggests that the audio edition is a very effective retention tool; once you come to rely on it, you won't unsubscribe.
Tom Standage, Deputy Editor, The Economist
The Economist uses a voice professional to create its audio editions. Danish publisher Zetland has seen significant success in getting reporters to create audio versions of their stories. The New York Times bought Audm which uses professionals to do the same. But publishers also have the option of using AI solutions which are now capable of offering high-quality output.
The Washington Post uses an AI solution called Polly to create audio versions of its articles. Earlier, the publisher used the built-in text-to-speech technology on iOS and Android devices to offer audio versions of its articles to readers. But Polly, according to Kat Downs Mulder, the publisher's Chief Product Officer and Managing Editor, "is a better voice – it's a smoother, more human-sounding voice. It still sounds like a mechanized voice, an automated voice. But I think it's a bit smoother and more natural." It has been received well by readers. Subscribers listening to audio articles on its apps were "engaged more than three times longer with our content," she added.
WaPo "seems to have come up with a winning solution," according to the FIPP report, considering that getting voice professionals or reporters to do the job can be very time-consuming.
"We don't want to become dependent on major listening platforms"
Bundling audio articles and podcasts is yet another strategy being used by publishers to grow revenue. German publisher Der Spiegel offers such a bundle. It includes an audio version of the weekly edition of the magazine, a daily news podcast, and a couple of other podcasts featuring work-life balance tips, covering nutrition and mindfulness, and topics for children and their parents. The bundle, Audio+ costs 14.99 € per month.
Dutch publishers NRC and De Correspondent, and The New York Times are taking this strategy further with dedicated apps that house all their audio products. While the Times is beta-testing its standalone audio app called New York Times Audio, NRC and De Correspondent have already launched theirs for the public. NRC's app features external, as well as its own podcasts. De Correspondent's podcasts remain available via third-party platforms such as Spotify and iTunes.
The idea behind the app was to help their members control their "audio destiny," according to De Correspondent. "With more audio stories, we don't want to become dependent on major listening platforms like Spotify," it announced during the launch of the app. "We've noticed they're trying to make audio more and more exclusive by buying up big shows and putting them behind a paywall. We want our journalism to remain as inclusive as possible, so we've chosen to take our audio directly to you, the members who make it financially possible."
"Another step on the ladder"
The live-audio frenzy sparked by the invite-only social audio app Clubhouse early on in the pandemic continues to thrive although the popularity of the platform that introduced it has waned. Other tech companies, including Facebook and Twitter, announced their own versions of the live-audio experience. While Facebook announced recently that it's pivoting away from this area to focus on Metaverse-related products, Twitter Spaces is getting popular among publishers.
The Financial Times has been using it since December 2021. The publisher gets around 300- 400 live listeners per "Space" on average. 3,000 to 5,000 watch the recordings afterwards. Big topics, like discussions around new Covid variants, can attract nearly 5x the average live numbers. "As always with social media platforms, it's about building awareness of our journalists, content, and brand," says Rachel Banning-Lover, Head of Social Media and Development, FT.
"It's another step on the ladder toward converting them into subscribers."
Rachel Banning-Lover, Head of Social Media and Development, FT
The New Statesman has been using Twitter Spaces to do live deep dives into popular articles with a member of its social media team and a journalist. "We know we've got excellent content, it's about making sure that we are reaching new audiences," says Elise Johnson, Head of Audience, The New Statesman. "And at the moment, Twitter Spaces is one of the languages on Twitter that can convey our stories."
There's more to come in this space with Spotify and LinkedIn, and many other smaller companies having readied or planning products. Spotify's Greenroom—a separate app at present—is reportedly going to be renamed Spotify Live and integrated into the main app. LinkedIn is testing a social audio experience in its app that would allow creators on its network to connect with their community.
The tech industry analyst Jeremiah Owyang calls it the 'Goldilocks' medium for the 2020s:
"Text is not enough, and video is too much; social audio is just right."
The full report can be downloaded from FIPP:
Innovation in Media 2022-23 World Report
By Faisal Kalim
A longstanding business journalist, Faisal rose to become Editorial Manager of The CEO Magazine before turning his attention to developments in media and digital publishing. His specialised focus is on the latest revenue generation strategies available to publishers.
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import org.eclipse.emf.edit.ui.provider.AdapterFactoryLabelProvider;

import org.eclipse.emf.eef.runtime.api.component.IPropertiesEditionComponent;

import org.eclipse.emf.eef.runtime.api.notify.IPropertiesEditionEvent;

import org.eclipse.emf.eef.runtime.api.parts.IFormPropertiesEditionPart;

import org.eclipse.emf.eef.runtime.impl.notify.PropertiesEditionEvent;

import org.eclipse.emf.eef.runtime.part.impl.SectionPropertiesEditingPart;

import org.eclipse.emf.eef.runtime.ui.parts.PartComposer;

import org.eclipse.emf.eef.runtime.ui.parts.sequence.BindingCompositionSequence;
import org.eclipse.emf.eef.runtime.ui.parts.sequence.CompositionSequence;
import org.eclipse.emf.eef.runtime.ui.parts.sequence.CompositionStep;

import org.eclipse.emf.eef.runtime.ui.utils.EditingUtils;

import org.eclipse.emf.eef.runtime.ui.widgets.EEFFeatureEditorDialog;
import org.eclipse.emf.eef.runtime.ui.widgets.FormUtils;
import org.eclipse.emf.eef.runtime.ui.widgets.ReferencesTable;

import org.eclipse.emf.eef.runtime.ui.widgets.ReferencesTable.ReferencesTableListener;

import org.eclipse.emf.eef.runtime.ui.widgets.referencestable.ReferencesTableContentProvider;
import org.eclipse.emf.eef.runtime.ui.widgets.referencestable.ReferencesTableSettings;

import org.eclipse.jface.viewers.ViewerFilter;

import org.eclipse.jface.window.Window;

import org.eclipse.swt.SWT;

import org.eclipse.swt.events.FocusAdapter;
import org.eclipse.swt.events.FocusEvent;
import org.eclipse.swt.events.KeyAdapter;
import org.eclipse.swt.events.KeyEvent;
import org.eclipse.swt.events.SelectionAdapter;
import org.eclipse.swt.events.SelectionEvent;

import org.eclipse.swt.layout.GridData;
import org.eclipse.swt.layout.GridLayout;

import org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Button;
import org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Composite;
import org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Control;
import org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Text;

import org.eclipse.ui.forms.widgets.Form;
import org.eclipse.ui.forms.widgets.FormToolkit;
import org.eclipse.ui.forms.widgets.ScrolledForm;
import org.eclipse.ui.forms.widgets.Section;

import org.wso2.developerstudio.eclipse.gmf.esb.EsbPackage;

import org.wso2.developerstudio.eclipse.gmf.esb.parts.ConditionalRouterMediatorPropertiesEditionPart;
import org.wso2.developerstudio.eclipse.gmf.esb.parts.EsbViewsRepository;
import org.wso2.developerstudio.eclipse.gmf.esb.presentation.EEFPropertyViewUtil;
import org.wso2.developerstudio.eclipse.gmf.esb.providers.EsbMessages;

// End of user code

/**
 * @generated NOT
 */
public class ConditionalRouterMediatorPropertiesEditionPartForm extends SectionPropertiesEditingPart implements IFormPropertiesEditionPart, ConditionalRouterMediatorPropertiesEditionPart {

	protected Text description;
	protected Text commentsList;
	protected Button editCommentsList;
	protected EList commentsListList;
	protected Button reverse;
	protected Button continueAfterRoute;
	protected ReferencesTable conditionalRouteBranches;
	protected List<ViewerFilter> conditionalRouteBranchesBusinessFilters = new ArrayList<ViewerFilter>();
	protected List<ViewerFilter> conditionalRouteBranchesFilters = new ArrayList<ViewerFilter>();
    protected Control[] commentsElements;
    protected Control[] reverseElements;
    protected Composite propertiesGroup;

	/**
	 * For {@link ISection} use only.
	 */
	public ConditionalRouterMediatorPropertiesEditionPartForm() { super(); }

	/**
	 * Default constructor
	 * @param editionComponent the {@link IPropertiesEditionComponent} that manage this part
	 *
	 */
	public ConditionalRouterMediatorPropertiesEditionPartForm(IPropertiesEditionComponent editionComponent) {
		super(editionComponent);
	}

	/**
	 * {@inheritDoc}
	 *
	 * @see org.eclipse.emf.eef.runtime.api.parts.IFormPropertiesEditionPart#
	 *  createFigure(org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Composite, org.eclipse.ui.forms.widgets.FormToolkit)
	 *
	 */
	public Composite createFigure(final Composite parent, final FormToolkit widgetFactory) {
		Form form = widgetFactory.createForm(parent);
		view = form.getBody();
		GridLayout layout = new GridLayout();
		layout.numColumns = 3;
		view.setLayout(layout);
		createControls(widgetFactory, view);
		return form;
	}

	/**
	 * {@inheritDoc}
	 *
	 * @see org.eclipse.emf.eef.runtime.api.parts.IFormPropertiesEditionPart#
	 *  createControls(org.eclipse.ui.forms.widgets.FormToolkit, org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Composite)
	 *
	 */
	public void createControls(final FormToolkit widgetFactory, Composite view) {
		CompositionSequence conditionalRouterMediatorStep = new BindingCompositionSequence(propertiesEditionComponent);
		CompositionStep propertiesStep = conditionalRouterMediatorStep.addStep(EsbViewsRepository.ConditionalRouterMediator.Properties.class);
		propertiesStep.addStep(EsbViewsRepository.ConditionalRouterMediator.Properties.commentsList);
		propertiesStep.addStep(EsbViewsRepository.ConditionalRouterMediator.Properties.reverse);
		propertiesStep.addStep(EsbViewsRepository.ConditionalRouterMediator.Properties.continueAfterRoute);
		propertiesStep.addStep(EsbViewsRepository.ConditionalRouterMediator.Properties.conditionalRouteBranches);
		propertiesStep.addStep(EsbViewsRepository.ConditionalRouterMediator.Properties.description);

		composer = new PartComposer(conditionalRouterMediatorStep) {

			@Override
			public Composite addToPart(Composite parent, Object key) {
				if (key == EsbViewsRepository.ConditionalRouterMediator.Properties.class) {
					return createPropertiesGroup(widgetFactory, parent);
				}
				if (key == EsbViewsRepository.ConditionalRouterMediator.Properties.description) {
					return createDescriptionText(widgetFactory, parent);
				}
				if (key == EsbViewsRepository.ConditionalRouterMediator.Properties.commentsList) {
					return createCommentsListMultiValuedEditor(widgetFactory, parent);
				}
				if (key == EsbViewsRepository.ConditionalRouterMediator.Properties.reverse) {
					return createReverseCheckbox(widgetFactory, parent);
				}
				if (key == EsbViewsRepository.ConditionalRouterMediator.Properties.continueAfterRoute) {
					return createContinueAfterRouteCheckbox(widgetFactory, parent);
				}
				if (key == EsbViewsRepository.ConditionalRouterMediator.Properties.conditionalRouteBranches) {
					return createConditionalRouteBranchesTableComposition(widgetFactory, parent);
				}
				return parent;
			}
		};
		composer.compose(view);
	}
    /**
     * @generated NOT
     */
	protected Composite createPropertiesGroup(FormToolkit widgetFactory, final Composite parent) {
		Section propertiesSection = widgetFactory.createSection(parent, Section.TITLE_BAR | Section.TWISTIE | Section.EXPANDED);
		propertiesSection.setText(EsbMessages.ConditionalRouterMediatorPropertiesEditionPart_PropertiesGroupLabel);
		GridData propertiesSectionData = new GridData(GridData.FILL_HORIZONTAL);
		propertiesSectionData.horizontalSpan = 3;
		propertiesSection.setLayoutData(propertiesSectionData);
		propertiesGroup = widgetFactory.createComposite(propertiesSection);
		GridLayout propertiesGroupLayout = new GridLayout();
		propertiesGroupLayout.numColumns = 3;
		propertiesGroup.setLayout(propertiesGroupLayout);
		propertiesSection.setClient(propertiesGroup);
		return propertiesGroup;
	}

	protected Composite createDescriptionText(FormToolkit widgetFactory, Composite parent) {
		createDescription(parent, EsbViewsRepository.ConditionalRouterMediator.Properties.description, EsbMessages.ConditionalRouterMediatorPropertiesEditionPart_DescriptionLabel);
		description = widgetFactory.createText(parent, ""); //$NON-NLS-1$
		description.setData(FormToolkit.KEY_DRAW_BORDER, FormToolkit.TEXT_BORDER);
		widgetFactory.paintBordersFor(parent);
		GridData descriptionData = new GridData(GridData.FILL_HORIZONTAL);
		description.setLayoutData(descriptionData);
		description.addFocusListener(new FocusAdapter() {
			/**
			 * @see org.eclipse.swt.events.FocusAdapter#focusLost(org.eclipse.swt.events.FocusEvent)
			 *
			 */
			@Override
			@SuppressWarnings("synthetic-access")
			public void focusLost(FocusEvent e) {
				if (propertiesEditionComponent != null) {
					propertiesEditionComponent.firePropertiesChanged(new PropertiesEditionEvent(
							ConditionalRouterMediatorPropertiesEditionPartForm.this,
							EsbViewsRepository.ConditionalRouterMediator.Properties.description,
							PropertiesEditionEvent.COMMIT, PropertiesEditionEvent.SET, null, description.getText()));
					propertiesEditionComponent
							.firePropertiesChanged(new PropertiesEditionEvent(
									ConditionalRouterMediatorPropertiesEditionPartForm.this,
									EsbViewsRepository.ConditionalRouterMediator.Properties.description,
									PropertiesEditionEvent.FOCUS_CHANGED, PropertiesEditionEvent.FOCUS_LOST,
									null, description.getText()));
				}
			}

			/**
			 * @see org.eclipse.swt.events.FocusAdapter#focusGained(org.eclipse.swt.events.FocusEvent)
			 */
			@Override
			public void focusGained(FocusEvent e) {
				if (propertiesEditionComponent != null) {
					propertiesEditionComponent
							.firePropertiesChanged(new PropertiesEditionEvent(
									ConditionalRouterMediatorPropertiesEditionPartForm.this,
									null,
									PropertiesEditionEvent.FOCUS_CHANGED, PropertiesEditionEvent.FOCUS_GAINED,
									null, null));
				}
			}
		});
		description.addKeyListener(new KeyAdapter() {
			/**
			 * @see org.eclipse.swt.events.KeyAdapter#keyPressed(org.eclipse.swt.events.KeyEvent)
			 *
			 */
			@Override
			@SuppressWarnings("synthetic-access")
			public void keyPressed(KeyEvent e) {
				if (e.character == SWT.CR) {
					if (propertiesEditionComponent != null)
						propertiesEditionComponent.firePropertiesChanged(new PropertiesEditionEvent(ConditionalRouterMediatorPropertiesEditionPartForm.this, EsbViewsRepository.ConditionalRouterMediator.Properties.description, PropertiesEditionEvent.COMMIT, PropertiesEditionEvent.SET, null, description.getText()));
				}
			}
		});
		EditingUtils.setID(description, EsbViewsRepository.ConditionalRouterMediator.Properties.description);
		EditingUtils.setEEFtype(description, "eef::Text"); //$NON-NLS-1$
		FormUtils.createHelpButton(widgetFactory, parent, propertiesEditionComponent.getHelpContent(EsbViewsRepository.ConditionalRouterMediator.Properties.description, EsbViewsRepository.FORM_KIND), null); //$NON-NLS-1$
		// Start of user code for createDescriptionText

		// End of user code
		return parent;
	}

    /**
     * @generated NOT
     */
	protected Composite createCommentsListMultiValuedEditor(FormToolkit widgetFactory, Composite parent) {
	    Control [] previousControls = propertiesGroup.getChildren();
        commentsList = widgetFactory.createText(parent, "", SWT.READ_ONLY); //$NON-NLS-1$
		GridData commentsListData = new GridData(GridData.FILL_HORIZONTAL);
		commentsListData.horizontalSpan = 2;
		commentsList.setLayoutData(commentsListData);
		EditingUtils.setID(commentsList, EsbViewsRepository.ConditionalRouterMediator.Properties.commentsList);
		EditingUtils.setEEFtype(commentsList, "eef::MultiValuedEditor::field"); //$NON-NLS-1$
		editCommentsList = widgetFactory.createButton(parent, getDescription(EsbViewsRepository.ConditionalRouterMediator.Properties.commentsList, EsbMessages.ConditionalRouterMediatorPropertiesEditionPart_CommentsListLabel), SWT.NONE);
		GridData editCommentsListData = new GridData();
		editCommentsList.setLayoutData(editCommentsListData);
		editCommentsList.addSelectionListener(new SelectionAdapter() {

			/**
			 * {@inheritDoc}
			 *
			 * @see org.eclipse.swt.events.SelectionAdapter#widgetSelected(org.eclipse.swt.events.SelectionEvent)
			 *
			 */
			public void widgetSelected(SelectionEvent e) {
				EEFFeatureEditorDialog dialog = new EEFFeatureEditorDialog(
						commentsList.getShell(), "ConditionalRouterMediator", new AdapterFactoryLabelProvider(adapterFactory), //$NON-NLS-1$
						commentsListList, EsbPackage.eINSTANCE.getEsbElement_CommentsList().getEType(), null,
						false, true,
						null, null);
				if (dialog.open() == Window.OK) {
					commentsListList = dialog.getResult();
					if (commentsListList == null) {
						commentsListList = new BasicEList();
					}
					commentsList.setText(commentsListList.toString());
					propertiesEditionComponent.firePropertiesChanged(new PropertiesEditionEvent(ConditionalRouterMediatorPropertiesEditionPartForm.this, EsbViewsRepository.ConditionalRouterMediator.Properties.commentsList, PropertiesEditionEvent.COMMIT, PropertiesEditionEvent.SET, null, new BasicEList(commentsListList)));
					setHasChanged(true);
				}
			}
		});
		EditingUtils.setID(editCommentsList, EsbViewsRepository.ConditionalRouterMediator.Properties.commentsList);
		EditingUtils.setEEFtype(editCommentsList, "eef::MultiValuedEditor::browsebutton"); //$NON-NLS-1$
		// Start of user code for createCommentsListMultiValuedEditor
		Control [] newControls = propertiesGroup.getChildren();
        commentsElements = EEFPropertyViewUtil.getTableElements(previousControls, newControls);

		// End of user code
		return parent;
	}

    /**
     * @generated NOT
     */
	protected Composite createReverseCheckbox(FormToolkit widgetFactory, Composite parent) {
	    Control [] previousControls = propertiesGroup.getChildren();
        reverse = widgetFactory.createButton(parent, getDescription(EsbViewsRepository.ConditionalRouterMediator.Properties.reverse, EsbMessages.ConditionalRouterMediatorPropertiesEditionPart_ReverseLabel), SWT.CHECK);
		reverse.addSelectionListener(new SelectionAdapter() {

			/**
			 * {@inheritDoc}
			 *
			 * @see org.eclipse.swt.events.SelectionAdapter#widgetSelected(org.eclipse.swt.events.SelectionEvent)
			 *
			 */
			public void widgetSelected(SelectionEvent e) {
				if (propertiesEditionComponent != null)
					propertiesEditionComponent.firePropertiesChanged(new PropertiesEditionEvent(ConditionalRouterMediatorPropertiesEditionPartForm.this, EsbViewsRepository.ConditionalRouterMediator.Properties.reverse, PropertiesEditionEvent.COMMIT, PropertiesEditionEvent.SET, null, new Boolean(reverse.getSelection())));
			}

		});
		GridData reverseData = new GridData(GridData.FILL_HORIZONTAL);
		reverseData.horizontalSpan = 2;
		reverse.setLayoutData(reverseData);
		EditingUtils.setID(reverse, EsbViewsRepository.ConditionalRouterMediator.Properties.reverse);
		EditingUtils.setEEFtype(reverse, "eef::Checkbox"); //$NON-NLS-1$
		FormUtils.createHelpButton(widgetFactory, parent, propertiesEditionComponent.getHelpContent(EsbViewsRepository.ConditionalRouterMediator.Properties.reverse, EsbViewsRepository.FORM_KIND), null); //$NON-NLS-1$
		// Start of user code for createReverseCheckbox
		Control [] newControls = propertiesGroup.getChildren();
        reverseElements = EEFPropertyViewUtil.getTableElements(previousControls, newControls);

		// End of user code
		return parent;
	}

	protected Composite createContinueAfterRouteCheckbox(FormToolkit widgetFactory, Composite parent) {
		continueAfterRoute = widgetFactory.createButton(parent, getDescription(EsbViewsRepository.ConditionalRouterMediator.Properties.continueAfterRoute, EsbMessages.ConditionalRouterMediatorPropertiesEditionPart_ContinueAfterRouteLabel), SWT.CHECK);
		continueAfterRoute.addSelectionListener(new SelectionAdapter() {

			/**
			 * {@inheritDoc}
			 *
			 * @see org.eclipse.swt.events.SelectionAdapter#widgetSelected(org.eclipse.swt.events.SelectionEvent)
			 *
			 */
			public void widgetSelected(SelectionEvent e) {
				if (propertiesEditionComponent != null)
					propertiesEditionComponent.firePropertiesChanged(new PropertiesEditionEvent(ConditionalRouterMediatorPropertiesEditionPartForm.this, EsbViewsRepository.ConditionalRouterMediator.Properties.continueAfterRoute, PropertiesEditionEvent.COMMIT, PropertiesEditionEvent.SET, null, new Boolean(continueAfterRoute.getSelection())));
			}

		});
		GridData continueAfterRouteData = new GridData(GridData.FILL_HORIZONTAL);
		continueAfterRouteData.horizontalSpan = 2;
		continueAfterRoute.setLayoutData(continueAfterRouteData);
		EditingUtils.setID(continueAfterRoute, EsbViewsRepository.ConditionalRouterMediator.Properties.continueAfterRoute);
		EditingUtils.setEEFtype(continueAfterRoute, "eef::Checkbox"); //$NON-NLS-1$
		FormUtils.createHelpButton(widgetFactory, parent, propertiesEditionComponent.getHelpContent(EsbViewsRepository.ConditionalRouterMediator.Properties.continueAfterRoute, EsbViewsRepository.FORM_KIND), null); //$NON-NLS-1$
		// Start of user code for createContinueAfterRouteCheckbox

		// End of user code
		return parent;
	}

	/**
	 * @param container
	 *
	 */
	protected Composite createConditionalRouteBranchesTableComposition(FormToolkit widgetFactory, Composite parent) {
		this.conditionalRouteBranches = new ReferencesTable(getDescription(EsbViewsRepository.ConditionalRouterMediator.Properties.conditionalRouteBranches, EsbMessages.ConditionalRouterMediatorPropertiesEditionPart_ConditionalRouteBranchesLabel), new ReferencesTableListener() {
			public void handleAdd() {
				propertiesEditionComponent.firePropertiesChanged(new PropertiesEditionEvent(ConditionalRouterMediatorPropertiesEditionPartForm.this, EsbViewsRepository.ConditionalRouterMediator.Properties.conditionalRouteBranches, PropertiesEditionEvent.COMMIT, PropertiesEditionEvent.ADD, null, null));
				conditionalRouteBranches.refresh();
			}
			public void handleEdit(EObject element) {
				propertiesEditionComponent.firePropertiesChanged(new PropertiesEditionEvent(ConditionalRouterMediatorPropertiesEditionPartForm.this, EsbViewsRepository.ConditionalRouterMediator.Properties.conditionalRouteBranches, PropertiesEditionEvent.COMMIT, PropertiesEditionEvent.EDIT, null, element));
				conditionalRouteBranches.refresh();
			}
			public void handleMove(EObject element, int oldIndex, int newIndex) {
				propertiesEditionComponent.firePropertiesChanged(new PropertiesEditionEvent(ConditionalRouterMediatorPropertiesEditionPartForm.this, EsbViewsRepository.ConditionalRouterMediator.Properties.conditionalRouteBranches, PropertiesEditionEvent.COMMIT, PropertiesEditionEvent.MOVE, element, newIndex));
				conditionalRouteBranches.refresh();
			}
			public void handleRemove(EObject element) {
				propertiesEditionComponent.firePropertiesChanged(new PropertiesEditionEvent(ConditionalRouterMediatorPropertiesEditionPartForm.this, EsbViewsRepository.ConditionalRouterMediator.Properties.conditionalRouteBranches, PropertiesEditionEvent.COMMIT, PropertiesEditionEvent.REMOVE, null, element));
				conditionalRouteBranches.refresh();
			}
			public void navigateTo(EObject element) { }
		});
		for (ViewerFilter filter : this.conditionalRouteBranchesFilters) {
			this.conditionalRouteBranches.addFilter(filter);
		}
		this.conditionalRouteBranches.setHelpText(propertiesEditionComponent.getHelpContent(EsbViewsRepository.ConditionalRouterMediator.Properties.conditionalRouteBranches, EsbViewsRepository.FORM_KIND));
		this.conditionalRouteBranches.createControls(parent, widgetFactory);
		this.conditionalRouteBranches.addSelectionListener(new SelectionAdapter() {

			public void widgetSelected(SelectionEvent e) {
				if (e.item != null && e.item.getData() instanceof EObject) {
					propertiesEditionComponent.firePropertiesChanged(new PropertiesEditionEvent(ConditionalRouterMediatorPropertiesEditionPartForm.this, EsbViewsRepository.ConditionalRouterMediator.Properties.conditionalRouteBranches, PropertiesEditionEvent.CHANGE, PropertiesEditionEvent.SELECTION_CHANGED, null, e.item.getData()));
				}
			}

		});
		GridData conditionalRouteBranchesData = new GridData(GridData.FILL_HORIZONTAL);
		conditionalRouteBranchesData.horizontalSpan = 3;
		this.conditionalRouteBranches.setLayoutData(conditionalRouteBranchesData);
		this.conditionalRouteBranches.setLowerBound(0);
		this.conditionalRouteBranches.setUpperBound(-1);
		conditionalRouteBranches.setID(EsbViewsRepository.ConditionalRouterMediator.Properties.conditionalRouteBranches);
		conditionalRouteBranches.setEEFType("eef::AdvancedTableComposition"); //$NON-NLS-1$
		// Start of user code for createConditionalRouteBranchesTableComposition

		// End of user code
		return parent;
	}

	/**
	 * {@inheritDoc}
	 *
	 * @see org.eclipse.emf.eef.runtime.api.notify.IPropertiesEditionListener#firePropertiesChanged(org.eclipse.emf.eef.runtime.api.notify.IPropertiesEditionEvent)
	 *
	 */
	public void firePropertiesChanged(IPropertiesEditionEvent event) {
		// Start of user code for tab synchronization

		// End of user code
	}

	/**
	 * {@inheritDoc}
	 *
	 * @see org.wso2.developerstudio.eclipse.gmf.esb.parts.ConditionalRouterMediatorPropertiesEditionPart#getDescription()
	 *
	 */
	public String getDescription() {
		return description.getText();
	}

	/**
	 * {@inheritDoc}
	 *
	 * @see org.wso2.developerstudio.eclipse.gmf.esb.parts.ConditionalRouterMediatorPropertiesEditionPart#setDescription(String newValue)
	 *
	 */
	public void setDescription(String newValue) {
		if (newValue != null) {
			description.setText(newValue);
		} else {
			description.setText(""); //$NON-NLS-1$
		}
		boolean eefElementEditorReadOnlyState = isReadOnly(EsbViewsRepository.ConditionalRouterMediator.Properties.description);
		if (eefElementEditorReadOnlyState && description.isEnabled()) {
			description.setEnabled(false);
			description.setToolTipText(EsbMessages.ConditionalRouterMediator_ReadOnly);
		} else if (!eefElementEditorReadOnlyState && !description.isEnabled()) {
			description.setEnabled(true);
		}

	}

	/**
	 * {@inheritDoc}
	 *
	 * @see org.wso2.developerstudio.eclipse.gmf.esb.parts.ConditionalRouterMediatorPropertiesEditionPart#getCommentsList()
	 *
	 */
	public EList getCommentsList() {
		return commentsListList;
	}

	/**
	 * {@inheritDoc}
	 *
	 * @see org.wso2.developerstudio.eclipse.gmf.esb.parts.ConditionalRouterMediatorPropertiesEditionPart#setCommentsList(EList newValue)
	 *
	 */
	public void setCommentsList(EList newValue) {
		commentsListList = newValue;
		if (newValue != null) {
			commentsList.setText(commentsListList.toString());
		} else {
			commentsList.setText(""); //$NON-NLS-1$
		}
		boolean eefElementEditorReadOnlyState = isReadOnly(EsbViewsRepository.ConditionalRouterMediator.Properties.commentsList);
		if (eefElementEditorReadOnlyState && commentsList.isEnabled()) {
			commentsList.setEnabled(false);
			commentsList.setToolTipText(EsbMessages.ConditionalRouterMediator_ReadOnly);
		} else if (!eefElementEditorReadOnlyState && !commentsList.isEnabled()) {
			commentsList.setEnabled(true);
		}

	}

	public void addToCommentsList(Object newValue) {
		commentsListList.add(newValue);
		if (newValue != null) {
			commentsList.setText(commentsListList.toString());
		} else {
			commentsList.setText(""); //$NON-NLS-1$
		}
	}

	public void removeToCommentsList(Object newValue) {
		commentsListList.remove(newValue);
		if (newValue != null) {
			commentsList.setText(commentsListList.toString());
		} else {
			commentsList.setText(""); //$NON-NLS-1$
		}
	}

	/**
	 * {@inheritDoc}
	 *
	 * @see org.wso2.developerstudio.eclipse.gmf.esb.parts.ConditionalRouterMediatorPropertiesEditionPart#getReverse()
	 *
	 */
	public Boolean getReverse() {
		return Boolean.valueOf(reverse.getSelection());
	}

	/**
	 * {@inheritDoc}
	 *
	 * @see org.wso2.developerstudio.eclipse.gmf.esb.parts.ConditionalRouterMediatorPropertiesEditionPart#setReverse(Boolean newValue)
	 *
	 */
	public void setReverse(Boolean newValue) {
		if (newValue != null) {
			reverse.setSelection(newValue.booleanValue());
		} else {
			reverse.setSelection(false);
		}
		boolean eefElementEditorReadOnlyState = isReadOnly(EsbViewsRepository.ConditionalRouterMediator.Properties.reverse);
		if (eefElementEditorReadOnlyState && reverse.isEnabled()) {
			reverse.setEnabled(false);
			reverse.setToolTipText(EsbMessages.ConditionalRouterMediator_ReadOnly);
		} else if (!eefElementEditorReadOnlyState && !reverse.isEnabled()) {
			reverse.setEnabled(true);
		}

	}

	/**
	 * {@inheritDoc}
	 *
	 * @see org.wso2.developerstudio.eclipse.gmf.esb.parts.ConditionalRouterMediatorPropertiesEditionPart#getContinueAfterRoute()
	 *
	 */
	public Boolean getContinueAfterRoute() {
		return Boolean.valueOf(continueAfterRoute.getSelection());
	}

	/**
	 * {@inheritDoc}
	 *
	 * @see org.wso2.developerstudio.eclipse.gmf.esb.parts.ConditionalRouterMediatorPropertiesEditionPart#setContinueAfterRoute(Boolean newValue)
	 *
	 */
	public void setContinueAfterRoute(Boolean newValue) {
		if (newValue != null) {
			continueAfterRoute.setSelection(newValue.booleanValue());
		} else {
			continueAfterRoute.setSelection(false);
		}
		boolean eefElementEditorReadOnlyState = isReadOnly(EsbViewsRepository.ConditionalRouterMediator.Properties.continueAfterRoute);
		if (eefElementEditorReadOnlyState && continueAfterRoute.isEnabled()) {
			continueAfterRoute.setEnabled(false);
			continueAfterRoute.setToolTipText(EsbMessages.ConditionalRouterMediator_ReadOnly);
		} else if (!eefElementEditorReadOnlyState && !continueAfterRoute.isEnabled()) {
			continueAfterRoute.setEnabled(true);
		}

	}

	/**
	 * {@inheritDoc}
	 *
	 * @see org.wso2.developerstudio.eclipse.gmf.esb.parts.ConditionalRouterMediatorPropertiesEditionPart#initConditionalRouteBranches(EObject current, EReference containingFeature, EReference feature)
	 */
	public void initConditionalRouteBranches(ReferencesTableSettings settings) {
		if (current.eResource() != null && current.eResource().getResourceSet() != null)
			this.resourceSet = current.eResource().getResourceSet();
		ReferencesTableContentProvider contentProvider = new ReferencesTableContentProvider();
		conditionalRouteBranches.setContentProvider(contentProvider);
		conditionalRouteBranches.setInput(settings);
		boolean eefElementEditorReadOnlyState = isReadOnly(EsbViewsRepository.ConditionalRouterMediator.Properties.conditionalRouteBranches);
		if (eefElementEditorReadOnlyState && conditionalRouteBranches.isEnabled()) {
			conditionalRouteBranches.setEnabled(false);
			conditionalRouteBranches.setToolTipText(EsbMessages.ConditionalRouterMediator_ReadOnly);
		} else if (!eefElementEditorReadOnlyState && !conditionalRouteBranches.isEnabled()) {
			conditionalRouteBranches.setEnabled(true);
		}

	}

	/**
	 * {@inheritDoc}
	 *
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What we want to see from new smart glasses
Leave a Comment / Virtual Reality / By abdesshimovipiup
Google Glass was the company's first foray into smart eyewear back in 2012/2013, touting features like a projector-driven display, touchpad, camera for photos and video recording, bone conduction audio, and voice commands. It certainly made for an innovative but ultimately unsuccessful first try, eventually finding a small niche for itself in the business world.
It looks like Google isn't giving up on consumer-oriented smart glasses just yet, as it demonstrated a prototype for an unnamed pair of glasses at its I/O 2022 developer conference. The new glasses seem similar to the spectacles touted by startup Focal, which was acquired by Google in 2020, with the search giant demonstrating live translations and real-time transcriptions.
Our guide: Everything you need to know about Google hardware
This is certainly a cool proof of concept and we don't know if Google plans to commercialize this product or not. But the company needs to bring plenty more to the table if it wants a future pair of smart glasses to succeed with a wider audience. Here are some features we hope to see on a potential Google Glass successor.
Google's own video indeed showcased real-time transcription of speech, demonstrating how hearing-impaired people could benefit from the tech. But how about sign language translation and interpretation?
Related: The best American Sign Language apps for Android
It sounds super high-tech, but Google announced a web game in December 2021 to help people learn sign language. The company also announced on-device hand-tracking tech back in 2019 (see the screenshots above), laying down the foundation for sign language applications. So we'd love to see sign language to written or spoken language translation on a future pair of Google smart glasses.
Control your smart home gadgets by looking at them
One of the more interesting smart home advancements in recent years has been ultra wide-band (UWB) technology, found in devices from the likes of Apple, Google, Samsung, and Xiaomi. The latter company even posted a neat demoshowing that you can control smart home gadgets by simply pointing your phone at the relevant gadget.
Imagine looking in the direction of the front door to access your smart doorbell's camera feed.
What if we brought this UWB-enabled tech to a future pair of Google smart glasses though? Imagine simply looking at your smart door lock to lock/unlock it, or looking in the direction of the front door to access your smart doorbell's camera feed. This could theoretically extend to traditional smart speakers and smart displays, as looking at a UWB-equipped smart speaker could enable listening or give you visual access to routines and other commands.
More reading: Everything you need to know about UWB wireless technology
Filters, filters everywhere
Hadlee Simons / Android Authority
It's not the most useful example of machine learning, but it's hard to argue that filters haven't been one of the main driving forces behind AR tech in the last five years. Everyone from Snapchat and Instagram to TikTok has used machine learning to offer fun face filters for use on their platforms.
Dig deeper: What's the difference between AR and VR?
This wouldn't be the first time we see AR filters and 3D effects on a pair of smart glasses, though, as Snapchat Spectacles offer some of these effects too. However, these are generally limited to environmental effects rather than offering face filters. So a more open approach combined with face filters would be great for creators on other, more popular platforms like TikTok and Instagram.
A major upgrade for navigation
This seems like a no-brainer, but Google Maps Live View is certainly a feature we'd love to see on a future pair of smart glasses. Google introduced this augmented reality feature for Maps in late 2020, overlaying directions and other navigation info on your phone camera viewfinder. Simply lift your phone up and point it around to receive directions.
More on augmented reality: The best augmented reality apps for Android
Google Maps Live View also gained more functionality last year, offering virtual street labels, signs to point out landmarks, and the ability to view details about some places (eg reviews or whether they're busy).
With glasses, the camera follows your eyesight so you don't need to stand in the street holding your phone up to discover the world around.
This all sounds like a natural fit for a next-generation pair of smart glasses, as the camera would always be on your head anyway and you don't need to stand in the street holding your phone up to discover the world around. Live View on glasses also seems like a more seamless experience while driving, as opposed to taking your eyes off the road — although we hope a smart glass implementation isn't too distracting either.
More advanced AR searches
Google showed off a couple of advancements for Google Lens and AR-powered search at I/O 2022, namely multi-search and scene exploration. And they both seem like a suitable fit for a future pair of Google smart glasses.
Scene exploration is another nifty AR search tool, as you can hold your phone camera up to search the world around you. This sounds pedestrian, but it's more expansive than Lens's existing visual search functionality, taking multiple objects in a scene into account rather than just one. You're also getting handy insights overlaid onto the scene and products. Google gave the example of someone searching for chocolate in a grocery store aisle. You'll not only get ratings for each chocolate bar but the feature will also suss out desired keywords like "dark" or "nut-free" chocolate.
Other Lens features like copy/pasting words from the real world, highlighting popular dishes on restaurant menus, and translating foreign languages also seem like great additions to a new version of Google Glass. So fingers crossed that a future product indeed offers all of these features.
Most of the stuff your smartwatch does
Kaitlyn Cimino / Android Authority
Aside from health and fitness, smartwatches excel in several other areas owing to their wearable nature. These tasks include taking phone calls, offering music controls for your phone, and editing/checking grocery shopping lists. This is in addition to more mundane features like notification mirroring, viewing calendar entries, and showing weather forecasts.
We'd like to see next-generation Google smart glasses that reduce the need to pick up our phones for every task.
We'd therefore like to see next-generation Google smart glasses take their cue from Wear OS smartwatches in this regard, reducing the need to pick up the phone for every task. We could even see some light fitness functionality coming to these glasses too, such as step-counting for walking and GPS tracking for cycling.
Buyer's guide: The best smartwatches on the market today
What's stopping new smart glasses?
We'd definitely argue that the timing has never been better for a Google Glass successor of sorts. For starters, augmented reality has improved in a major way from those early days of requiring dedicated hardware. Google's own ARCore augmented reality suite only requires a camera and some sensors like a gyroscope to overlay animals and objects in front of you.
Natural language processing is another area where the search giant has made impressive strides, compared to the pre-Assistant original Google Glass era. The Tensor chipset in the Pixel 6 phones even allows for offline voice typing, highlighting just how far we've come in the last decade. This is another area where a future pair of smart glasses could see notable improvements.
What do you want to see most from new Google smart glasses?
Sign language translation
Look at smart home gadgets to control them
AR filters
Google Maps Live View
Multisearch and scene exploration
Plenty of smartwatch features
Other (leave a comment)
There's also been a major increase in horsepower since the first Google Glass back in 2012/2013, which originally had a dual-core chipset and 2GB of RAM. Google itself has taken advantage of this power boost in 2019's Glass 2 Enterprise Edition, packing a Snapdragon XR1 processor. These power advancements could definitely come to consumer-level spectacles as well.
In other words, the technological pieces of the puzzle — both hardware and software — seem to be coming together for a Google Glass follow-up. But this product will live and die by its use-cases, so hopefully, Google adds a few of our wishlist features above if it's aiming for a commercial release soon.


This is a paper about Hegelian constructivism in relation to theory of knowledge. Constructivism, which is known at least since Greek antiquity, is understood in different ways. Euclidean geometry utilizes mathematical proofs that depend on the construction of plane figures with a straight edge and compass. Kantian constructivism is examined from time to time under the heading of the Copernician revolution. Hegelian constructivism, which is best understood as a reaction to and revision of Kantian epistemology, seems never to have been discussed in detail. This paper will sketch the outlines of Hegelian constructivism in relation to the critical philosophy. Hegelian constructivism amounts to an intrinsically historical view of epistemology as a trial and error process situated in the social context. I suggest that the considerable interest of a historical, constructivist, phenomenological approach to knowledge, such as Hegel's, lies in its largely unexplored possibilities for advancing the epistemological debate.


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Lib Dems penny in the pound for NHS would raise £19.8 million extra for Richmond
Posted by Michael Dingemans | Updated 2017-05-21
Tim Farron, Lib Dem leader, has announced the Lib Dems would plug funding gaps for the NHS and social care by putting a penny on income tax, in the Lib Dems first major manifesto commitment of the election campaign.
The tax would raise over £12million for the NHS in Richmond and £7.8 million for social care each year.
This is the party's flagship spending commitment and its first major policy announcement for the election. The Liberal Democrats manifesto will also set out a 'five-point recovery plan' for NHS and social care services in their manifesto.
At least 70% of Brits would pay extra 1p tax in the pound if it went to NHS, an ITV poll found last October. [LINK]
Tim Farron said:
"Health and care services across the UK are in crisis, stretched to breaking point by the Conservatives' cuts. We are seeing patients lying on trolleys in hospital corridors, urgent operations being cancelled and the elderly being denied the care they need.
Only the Liberal Democrats are prepared to be honest with people and say that to secure the future of our NHS we will all need to chip in a little more. A penny in the pound would allow us to invest in improving local NHS services and ensuring the elderly receive the care they deserve.''
The Liberal Democrats manifesto set out a 'five-point recovery plan' for NHS and social care services. This will include a 1% rise on the basic, higher, additional and dividend rates of income tax in the next financial year raising around £6bn per year, which will be ringfenced to be spent on NHS and care services and public health.
A regional breakdown of how the £6bn would be distributed, based on current funding allocations for both the NHS and social care, can be found here. It shows an additional £12m for the NHS in Richmond and £7.8million for social care.
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'The Hudsucker Proxy' (1994)
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Writers : Ethan Coen, Joel Coen, Sam Raimi
Stars : Tim Robbins, Paul Newman, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Charles Durning
When Waring Hudsucker, head of hugely successful Hudsucker Industries, commits suicide, his board of directors, led by Sidney Mussberger, comes up with a brilliant plan to make a lot of money: appoint a moron to run the company. When the stock falls low enough, Sidney and friends can buy it up for pennies on the dollar, take over the company, and restore its fortunes. They choose idealistic Norville Barnes, who just started in the mail room. Norville is whacky enough to drive any company to ruin, but soon, tough reporter Amy Archer smells a rat and begins an undercover investigation of Hudsucker Industries.


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UCLA Researchers develop New Method for Producing Transparent Conductors
End Markets, Processes May 19, 2009 plasticsinfomart
Researchers at UCLA have developed a new method for producing a hybrid graphene–carbon nanotube, or G-CNT, for potential use as a transparent conductor in solar cells and consumer electronic devices.
These G-CNTs could provide a cheaper and much more flexible alternative to materials currently used in these and similar applications.
Yang Yang, a professor of materials science and engineering at the UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science and a member of UCLA's California NanoSystems Institute (CNSI), and Richard Kaner, a UCLA professor of chemistry and biochemistry and a CNSI member, outline their new processing method in research published in Nano Letters, a journal of the American Chemical Society.
Transparent conductors are an integral part of many electronic devices, including flat-panel televisions, plasma displays and touch panels, as well as solar cells. The current gold standard for transparent conductors is indium tin oxide (ITO), which has several limitations. ITO is expensive, both because of its production costs and a relative scarcity of indium, and it is rigid and fragile.
The G-CNT hybrid, the researchers say, provides an ideal high-performance alternative to ITO in electronics with moving parts. Graphene is an excellent electrical conductor, and carbon nanotubes are good candidates for transparent conductors because they provide conduction of electricity using very little material. Yang and Kaner's new single-step method for combining the two is easy, inexpensive, scalable and compatible with flexible applications. G-CNTs produced this way already provide comparable performance to current ITOs used in flexible applications.
The new method builds on Yang and Kaner's previous research, published online in November 2008, which introduced a method for producing graphene, a single layer of carbon atoms, by soaking graphite oxide in a hydrazine solution. The researchers have now found that placing both graphite oxide and carbon nanotubes in a hydrazine solution produces not only graphene but a hybrid layer of graphene and carbon nanotubes.
"To our knowledge this is the first report of dispersing CNTs in anhydrous hydrazine," Yang said. "This is important because our method does not require the use of surfactants, which have traditionally been used in these solution processes and can degrade intrinsic electronic and mechanical properties."
G-CNTs are also ideal candidates for use as electrodes in polymer solar cells, one of Yang's main research projects. One of the benefits of polymer, or plastic, solar cells is that plastic is flexible. But until an alternative to ITOs, which lose efficiency upon flexing, can be found, this potential cannot be exploited. G-CNTs retain efficiency when flexed and also are compatible with plastics. Flexible solar cells could be used in a variety of materials, including the drapes of homes.
"The potential of this material (G-CNT) is not limited to improvements in the physical arrangements of the components," said Vincent Tung, a doctoral student working jointly in Yang's and Kaner's labs and the first author of the study. "With further work, G-CNTs have the potential to provide the building blocks of tomorrow's optical electronics."
This research was partially supported by grants from the National Science Foundation and the Air Force Office of Scientific Research.
The California NanoSystems Institute at UCLA (CNSI) is an integrated research center operating jointly at UCLA and UC Santa Barbara whose mission is to foster interdisciplinary collaborations for discoveries in nanosystems and nanotechnology; train the next generation of scientists, educators and technology leaders; and facilitate partnerships with industry, fueling economic development and the social well-being of California, the United States and the world. The CNSI was established in 2000 with $100 million from the state of California and an additional $250 million in federal research grants and industry funding. At the institute, scientists in the areas of biology, chemistry, biochemistry, physics, mathematics, computational science and engineering are measuring, modifying and manipulating the building blocks of our world — atoms and molecules. These scientists benefit from an integrated laboratory culture enabling them to conduct dynamic research at the nanoscale, leading to significant breakthroughs in the areas of health, energy, the environment and information technology.
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Doug DeLuca is a multi-instrumentalist and vocalist living in Los Angeles, CA. His sound is textured by big backing harmonies, raw instrumental riffs, and an intentionally imperfect live feel - capturing rhythmic elements of the 1950s, '60s and '70s soul music. He's represented by Lip Sync Music for licensing and has begun performing locally in and around Los Angeles. His first single "Hit Your Mark" was released on September 1, 2017. His debut EP is scheduled to be released in February of 2018.
Now, Doug DeLuca wants you to remix "Hit Your Mark", his first breakout single. Send us your best remix using these fantastic stems for a chance to have your remix released and distributed across all digital platforms. The Winners will receive a percentage of the publishing royalty split so you can monetize your hard work. So have fun and show us what you've got!


National Eligibility Test (NET), also known as UGC NET, is an exam for determining the eligibility of Indian nationals for the eligibility for Assistant Professor only or Junior Research Fellowship & Eligibility for Assistant Professor both in Library and Information Science in Indian universities and colleges. It is also a desired qualification for appointment of the post of librarian in libraries of universities, colleges, and government institutions in India. It has a comprehensive syllabus covering all the areas of Library and Information Science. For NET preparation see Library and Information Science NET Questions Answers.
On behalf of the University Grants Commission (UGC), the National Testing Agency (NTA)¹ will conduct the test for determining the eligibility of Indian nationals for the Eligibility for Assistant Professor only or Junior Research Fellowship and Eligibility for Assistant Professor both in Indian universities and colleges.
Until July 2018, CBSE conducted the UGC NET exam but from December 2018 onwards, NTA will be conducting the UGC National Eligibility Test. As per the press-release by Indian Government, the exam would be conducted twice a year, and it will be conducted in an online mode instead of offline mode.
The paper will be divided in two papers - Paper 1 & 2. The students would have to attempt total (both paper 1 &2) 150 questions in 3 Hours.
On the other hand, Top 6% candidates will be selected for each subject and category eligibility for Assistant Professor only if they haven't applied for JRF.
From net qualified students, a list of JRF will be prepared. The merit list will be prepared by using a formula.
Library and Information Policy at the National Level.
NTA has released the exam date for UGC NET Dec 2018 as well as the schedule. The online application forms for UGC NET December 2018 exam begin from September 1 on nta.ac.in. Check eligibility, syllabus, etc.
New Delhi: National Testing Agency, NTA would be conducting the UGC NET December 2018 examination. As per the official press released, the online application forms for UGC NET 2018 December exam would begin from September 1, 2018. The examinations would be conducted over a period of 8 days and would begin from December 9 to December 23 in online mode. The registrations would begin on the official website nta.ac.in and not on cbsenet.nic.in.Candidates interested in applying for the examination to please note that the conducting agency for UGC NET examinations has been shifted from CBSE to NTA from this year onwards. Also, with the change, a few changes have been made while many aspects of the examination have remained constant. Summarized below are a few things that you need to keep in mind while applying for UGC NET December 2018 examination.
1. Eligibility and syllabus for the UGC NET 2018 December examination would remain the same under NTA. Candidates can check the eligibility and the age limit for UGC NET 2018 December examination on the official website of nta.ac.in. Direct link to UGC NET page on NTA website is also provided here.2. The exam pattern for UGC NET 2018 December would change. The examination would now be an objective or multiple choice based Computer Based Test or CBT. Mock tests are expected to be made available soon.3. NTA has released the schedule for UGC NET December 2018 examination. The registration process would begin from September 1, 2018 and would end on September 30, 2018. The examination schedule is provided below.
4. Candidates would have an option of appearing for any of the dates. The option to choose the date of the examination would be provided at the time of filling of the online application form.5. Please note that the examination would continue to be conducted in all the languages and subjects as it was conducted under CBSE. The eligibility criteria also remains the same. Vacancy details for JRF, however, would be notified at the time of release of the online application forms for UGC NET December 2018 examination.
UGC NET July Result 2018 Highlights: The result of UGC National Eligibility Test (NET) has been released by the Central Board of Secondary Education today at cbseresults.nic.in and cbsenet.nic.in. Earlier, the UGC NET answer keys were released on July 24 and candidates were given time till July 27 to challenge them. The exam was conducted on July 8 (Sunday) and re-exam on July 22. Those who will clear the paper will be eligible for a junior research fellowship or can be considered for the post of assistant professors. This year for the first time, instead of 3 papers, there were only 2 papers – paper 1 and paper 2.
The candidates who qualify the UGC NET will be eligible for the junior research fellowship in the subject of their post-graduation or they are now eligible to apply for the post of assistant professor. The universities, institutions, IITs and other national organisations may select the JRF awardees for whole time research work in accordance with the procedure prescribed by them.
This time, the UGC introduced some changes in the examination pattern. Instead of three paers, there were two papers (Paper I and Paper II).
Candidates qualified for both JRF and Assistant Professor: 3,929.
A total of 11,48,235 candidates had registered for the exam this year. From next time onwards, the National Testing Agency (NTA) will be conducting the UGC NET. Apart from it, JEE Advanced, NEET will be conducted by the same organisation.
The examination was conducted on July 8 (Sunday) and re-exam on July 22. Those who will clear the paper will be eligible for a junior research fellowship or can be considered for the post of assistant professors. This year for the first time, instead of 3 papers, there were only 2 papers – paper 1 and paper 2.


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From an architectural background that includes a masters degree in history and design, a European travel and study fellowship and his own professional practice since 1962, Stan Routh has devoted his life to visual recordings of the things people all remember. Country stores, churches, old homesteads, bridges, barns, and other structures which catch his eye or his heart.
Stan tries to achieve a feeling of his work spontaneously exploding to fruition. Often his subjects fall victim to progress and his sketches and paintings are all that remain to remind us and future generations of their usefulness.
Born in New Orleans in 1934, the only son of a construction engineer who built dams and bridges, Stan Routh has always been on the move. His father's work took Stan all over the southeastern states until they settled in Baton Rouge in 1947. He attended public schools in Baton Rouge, and completed the study of architecture at the University of Illinois. He finished the five year course in 1956 at the top of his class and was awarded a six month traveling fellowship in Europe. He earned a Masters Degree in History and Design in 1958.
After two years of active duty in the Corps of Engineers with an honorable discharge as Captain, Stan opened his own architectural office in 1962. Professional delineation, design consultation, and his architectural practice allowed little time for fi ne art until 1973, when at the request of friends he entered his first art competition. The first place blue ribbon and sale of a watercolor of a plantation house "lit the fire." Shortly thereafter a bicentennial commission asked him to sketch landmarks of architectural and/or historical significance for a fund raising project. By 1976 his work was in juried competitions throughout the southeast and his son Craig was accompanying him to prestigious shows like Disney World's Festival of Masters in Orlando, Florida. Stan's work has won over 100 awards including Best of Shows in five States.
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